WCP4793

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Central Chancery Of The Orders Of Knighthood

Lord Chamberlain’s Office

St James’s Palace, S.W

1^st December 1908

Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25^th ultimot which has been submitted to the King, and to inform you that His Majesty has been graciously pleased, under the special circumstances of your case, to dispense with your personal Investiture with the Insignia of the Order of Merit.

I shall be shortly in a position to inform you of the manner in which your Grant of Dignity and the Insignia of the Order will be conveyed to you

Yours faithfully | Douglas Dawson [signature]

Register & Secretary

Dr. Alfred Wallace F.R.S